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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: Todd_ID on January 06, 2013, 08:28:04 AM

Title: Back in the Good Old Days
Post by: Todd_ID on January 06, 2013, 08:28:04 AM: Here's a photo and caption from an old fish and game news magazine from, I'm guessing, the 50's. Notice that this buck only received "honorable mention" in a photo contest.

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi194.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fz213%2Ftoddr96%2Fmuley_zpse1432d78.jpeg&hash=7b60b459668240f475030589389dd4631ed00a4d)
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Post by: bearpaw on January 06, 2013, 08:32:22 AM: wow, just wow... :yike:
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Post by: h20hunter on January 06, 2013, 08:33:53 AM: Holy beans...honerable mention my rear end...what a toad.
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Post by: Bigtine96 on January 06, 2013, 08:34:17 AM: Holy god..
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Post by: billythekidrock on January 06, 2013, 08:34:37 AM: Remember, it is honorable mention in a photo contest. Not size.
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Post by: DBHAWTHORNE on January 06, 2013, 08:45:46 AM: Awesome photo and awesome buck. I love old hunting photos.
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on January 06, 2013, 08:48:28 AM: Very nice buck right up there with the one I shot
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Post by: B.G.hunter on January 06, 2013, 09:14:50 AM: I thought that was your grandpa Todd? and that was the small one. :chuckle:
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Post by: mountainman on January 06, 2013, 09:22:50 AM: Not sure where that article came from, but that is the Omohundro buck, taken by Jack Omahundro in 1970 outside of Salmon, Idaho. 5x5, 49 1/2". He actually gave the head away to a friend as he was partial to non-typical bucks. Many of those are still displayed ans Rainbows End B&B in Challis, Idaho! :)
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Post by: PolarBear on January 06, 2013, 09:25:22 AM: :yike: :yike: :yike:
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Post by: addicted2hunting on January 06, 2013, 09:40:58 AM: 49.5 that is nuts! That is the widest buck I have seen to date! Thanks for the pic man!
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Post by: mountainman on January 06, 2013, 09:54:28 AM: Jack had quite a few between 45 and 50"! Amazing!
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Post by: mountainman on January 06, 2013, 09:55:52 AM: No long arming there either! Amazing buck!
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on January 06, 2013, 10:01:56 AM: :yike: I think I could be happy with that one hanging on my wall :dunno: :chuckle: I love those older photos of the good old days !!!!
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Post by: deaner on January 06, 2013, 11:40:43 AM: id let him walk. just a dink
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Post by: MLBowhunting on January 06, 2013, 01:09:49 PM: Wow what the heck beat him out :chuckle:
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Post by: bobcat on January 06, 2013, 01:14:15 PM: Geez, that deer would be easy to mistake for an elk!
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Post by: Bob33 on January 06, 2013, 01:18:55 PM: Awesome. Here is another gem: a 1969 article indicating that 900 mountain goat permits would be issued in Washington.

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Post by: carpsniperg2 on January 06, 2013, 01:22:59 PM: Wow that is a cool old pic.
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Post by: deerhunter_98520 on January 06, 2013, 01:43:50 PM: After he got that he cpuld have hung a hammock in those antlers and took a nap :yike:
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Post by: Jonathan_S on January 06, 2013, 02:18:59 PM: Quote from: deaner on January 06, 2013, 11:40:43 AM
id let him walk. just a dink
:yeah:
Even funnier when people say, "he's too good of a buck, better to let him breed..." seriously?
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Post by: 400out on January 07, 2013, 08:40:12 AM: :tup: :tup: That spawns a question of where are they now! great buck! I would keel over before I got the shot off I'm sure of it :chuckle:
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Post by: hillbillyhunting on January 07, 2013, 01:29:09 PM: Pictures are deceiving... quit long arming it :nono:

kidding :chuckle: Amazing buck!
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Post by: C-Money on January 07, 2013, 03:50:38 PM: :yike: Wow.
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Post by: go4steelhd on January 07, 2013, 04:12:15 PM: Pretty cool. Thanks for posting it :tup:
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Post by: curlewkiller on January 07, 2013, 04:42:01 PM: My dad and uncle hiked or down about 5 miles out of Riggins in the 80s and pulled a couple of B&C deer and a slew of monsters. They changed the hunt outside of the rut and alas they came back to Washington. I am trying to find the negatives to the pictures so I can post. Great country great deer.
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on January 07, 2013, 04:47:26 PM: Quote from: curlewkiller on January 07, 2013, 04:42:01 PM
My dad and uncle hiked or down about 5 miles out of Riggins in the 80s and pulled a couple of B&C deer and a slew of monsters. They changed the hunt outside of the rut and alas they came back to Washington. I am trying to find the negatives to the pictures so I can post. Great country great deer.
I hope you can find the pics. I'd love to see that.
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Post by: coachcw on January 07, 2013, 04:55:38 PM: I'd be willing to bet most of those old boys didn't hike too far eithter .i talked to a old bot south of salmon and he had shot some toads ,
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on January 08, 2013, 10:45:28 AM: Quote from: coachcw on January 07, 2013, 04:55:38 PM
I'd be willing to bet most of those old boys didn't hike too far eithter .i talked to a old bot south of salmon and he had shot some toads ,

I don't know about that. I've seen a lot of old black and whites of guys posing behind those toads. Not a lot of fat guys.... :dunno:
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Post by: wsucowboy on January 08, 2013, 10:55:31 AM: Wow, what a great buck! I love those old hunting pictures
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Post by: jeepasaurusrex on January 08, 2013, 10:58:55 AM: I recently had some old 8mm tape put onto DVD from my Dad taken about 1969. The last scene is my Dad (skinny guy) looking up at his B&C blacktail.
The camping equipment has changed, but the traditions stay the same.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHR-NskFVfU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHR-NskFVfU)
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Post by: jstone on January 08, 2013, 11:14:56 AM: We where hunting in Montana and took a drive over to Salmon to get food and met that i guy in front of the store. He still had the magazine. Showed us it and told us stories. Thats all i can remember. Crazy old guy
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Post by: boonerboy on January 08, 2013, 05:04:10 PM: Quote from: Pathfinder101 on January 08, 2013, 10:45:28 AM
Quote from: coachcw on January 07, 2013, 04:55:38 PM
I'd be willing to bet most of those old boys didn't hike too far eithter .i talked to a old bot south of salmon and he had shot some toads ,

I don't know about that. I've seen a lot of old black and whites of guys posing behind those toads. Not a lot of fat guys.... :dunno:

Well most of those ol boys weren't fat because they WORKED for a living and didn't eat McDonald's on their lunch breaks.
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Post by: Bigtine96 on January 08, 2013, 06:24:08 PM: Quote from: jeepasaurusrex on January 08, 2013, 10:58:55 AM
I recently had some old 8mm tape put onto DVD from my Dad taken about 1969. The last scene is my Dad (skinny guy) looking up at his B&C blacktail.
The camping equipment has changed, but the traditions stay the same.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHR-NskFVfU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHR-NskFVfU)

Thats a pretty aweome video :tup:
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Post by: BLUEBULLS on January 08, 2013, 06:43:49 PM: Quote from: boonerboy on January 08, 2013, 05:04:10 PM
Quote from: Pathfinder101 on January 08, 2013, 10:45:28 AM
Quote from: coachcw on January 07, 2013, 04:55:38 PM
I'd be willing to bet most of those old boys didn't hike too far eithter .i talked to a old bot south of salmon and he had shot some toads ,

I don't know about that. I've seen a lot of old black and whites of guys posing behind those toads. Not a lot of fat guys.... :dunno:

Well most of those ol boys weren't fat because they WORKED for a living and didn't eat McDonald's on their lunch breaks.

couldn't be more true!

It was amazing the places that they could get a "car" though. They didn't think hiking was "fun" like we do. :chuckle:
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Post by: MountainWalk on January 08, 2013, 11:50:35 PM: Jeepasaurus, that was a wonderful video. I loved it. Buncha cool guys having a great time!